Bug#606852: say what to do when a dependency is not installed

2010-12-12 Thread jidanni
Tags: patch Package: googleearth-package Version: 0.6.1 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/doc/googleearth-package/README.Debian We read The Debian package can be installed with the command 'dpkg --install'. OK, but the user will run into dependency problems, and unlike apt-get etc. He is left

Bug#606852: say what to do when a dependency is not installed

2010-12-12 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi jidanni, thanks for the bugreport with patch :) On Sonntag, 12. Dezember 2010, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: +# aptitude install blablabla... I'd simply recommend apt-get install -f instead of install blablabla. cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Bug#606852: say what to do when a dependency is not installed

2010-12-12 Thread jidanni
HL == Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org writes: HL I'd simply recommend apt-get install -f instead of install blablabla. Ah. I would never have guessed, nor will never remember, that, unless it ends up in README. Maybe there's even a way to use one apt command instead of dabbling with dpkg.